Establishment profile
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
1000 WESTCHESTER AVENUE, PURCHASE, NY, 10610
Operated by United States Postal Service · 1 of 6,876 establishments
491110 — Postal Service
EIN 410760000
Summary
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 19 inspections over 34 years of recorded history.
The establishment sits in the 41st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 111 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 14 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 16 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
5% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,
Peer comparison
Below average violations in NAICS 4911 within NY. Peer group: 111 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 1.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.
Reported for 1,060 average annual employees at this establishment.
Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Sep 2023
Most frequent event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2023 | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
OSHA accident events
Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2008 | HEART,HEART ATTACKFatality | 1 | — | 1 |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 14+ years. Most recent activity: 14 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour breakdown by law
Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMLA (family & medical leave) | Jun 2007 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.
Wage and hour cases
Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; final payment may differ. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected
| Case period | Industry | Backwages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2007 – Jun 2007 | Postal Service | — | 1 |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public.
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in NY — for United States Postal Service, not this location alone
National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other United States Postal Service locations in the same state.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC)
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-23 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2008-02-05 | Accident | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2005-08-05 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2005-02-17 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2005-02-17 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2004-08-10 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2003-11-14 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2003-06-26 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2003-03-25 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2002-05-23 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2002-02-08 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2002-01-24 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2001-03-22 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2001-01-18 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2001-01-11 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1999-12-24 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1999-12-08 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1998-03-25 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1992-03-30 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE is one of 6,876 establishments rolled up under the parent organization United States Postal Service.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of United States Postal Service across all 6,876 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in postal service within NY, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEBROOKLYN — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICENEW YORK — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEGARDEN CITY — 3 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEWHITE PLAINS — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICENEWBURGH — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S POSTAL SERVICEMELVILLE — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S POSTAL SERVICEJAMAICA — 3 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEJAMAICA — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEBRONX — 2 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICENORTH SYRACUSE — 2 federal enforcement records
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by United States Postal Service, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- USPSWICHITA, KS — 3 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEJERSEY CITY, NJ — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEINDIANAPOLIS, IN — 3 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEFOREST HILLS, NY — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEBELLMAWR, NJ — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEATLANTA, GA — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICESTOCKTON, CA — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICENEWBURGH, NY — 3 federal enforcement records
- U. S. POSTAL SERVICESALT LAKE CITY, UT — 3 federal enforcement records
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICEBEAUMONT, TX — 3 federal enforcement records
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This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on U.S. POSTAL SERVICE from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup United States Postal Service, which operates 6,876 establishments in our dataset.
OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.
Frequently asked
- What is U.S. POSTAL SERVICE's OSHA violation history?
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICE has 19 OSHA inspections on record with 1 violation and $0 in total penalties.
- Has U.S. POSTAL SERVICE had any workplace fatalities?
- Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.